Streetcorners Ministries exists to proclaim the person and
message of Jesus Christ to all people, to disciple those new to the faith,
to encourage consistent fellowship of believers and to meet practical needs
as a way of demonstrating the love of Christ. Our priority will be to reach
those that are not being reached through the present efforts of the church.

GOD HAS CALLED US TO THE FOLLOWING PRIORITIES.

LOCAL PRIORITY

Our primary purpose is to be available for the needs of
people in our local area. To facilitate this we have established a local
board made up of outreach minded, mature Christian individuals from the
Bulkley Valley. Our desire is to see people from different denominations,
functioning together under the common goal of reaching the lost with the
gospel.

Some of the benefits of having a local organizational
structure are:

1) Resource accessibility: As opposed to larger
missions, a local mission has a more streamlined access to the material and personnel resources of the
Church in a given area. The outreach effort becomes the community's, rather
than just the missionary's.

2) Responsiveness to needs: A local mission is
able to focus more clearly, and adjust more readily to the needs of the
community.

3) Responsibility and accountability: A local
mission encourages the believers in an area to take responsibility for the
needs of the lost right around them. Also local missionaries would be
accountable locally for their service. Meetings between mission members,
volunteers, and the board are greatly facilitated by a local structure.

GRASSROOTS VISION PRIORITY

Another priority of Streetcorners Ministries is to
maintain grassroots vision. In other words, it is our goal to be a
bottom-up association, rather than a top-down corporation. In this
arrangement, the field workers themselves have a vital say in discerning the
needs, and seeking God’s heart for the ministries that will best meet these
needs. It is their responsibility to be in consistent prayer and fellowship
with other believers to accurately determine the will of God as He leads all
our efforts. We believe that God gives His vision to those who are actively
seeking His will in their own lives, and those who are surrendered to Him
moment by moment. We have a Board of Directors who are also seeking God’s
direction in their own lives, that they also might be “in tune” with His
purposes for Streetcorners. The board exists to
facilitate the business arising out of the ministries, provide
accountability, to pray, and to give practical direction where needed. It is
also our priority to have missionary representation on the board
itself to provide perspective from the field.

FAITH PRIORITY

It is our goal to have always before us the clear leading
of the Holy Spirit. We believe in the Scriptural principle of waiting on the
Lord rather than walking ahead of Him. We believe that God's work, done
God's way, will have God's supply. We don't believe in pressure tactics of
solicitation. We believe in 1) seeking God's vision for outreach in a
community (grassroots vision) 2) presenting the vision to the larger church
body, and 3) After seeing support and confirmation of the vision, presenting
the needs as the Lord leads. We believe in disclosing our needs fully while
not using any pressure to solicit funds.

Our goal is to be Spirit led and obedient to what God has
called us to do. We believe that anyone associated with the mission should
have a lifestyle that clearly demonstrates a commitment to these principles.

UNITY PRIORITY

It is our goal to be an arm of the outreach effort of
this community. We seek to complement individual Churches, and other
existing Christian ministries. We whole heartedly support the work of the
local Church, and other Godly Christian ministries. Our intent is to see
individuals commit to regular fellowship in a church of their choosing. We
seek only to develop an additional network that brings the needs to the
Christian body, and then brings the Christian body to the needs.
Streetcorners Ministries is a non-denominational ministry. We believe, as
reflected in our statement of faith, in majoring on
essential salvation related doctrines, and minoring on doctrines particular
to individual denominations.

Will we plant churches? In isolated cases where no
healthy, Bible-believing church exists, a church plant may be a viable
ministry. Otherwise we will work together with already existing
churches.

STREETCORNERS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

Our goal is to develop a cooperative association of faith
missionaries, tent-maker missionaries, board members, advisory members,
churches, volunteers, and those committed to prayer and financial support.
Presently, Streetcorners has 2 missionary couples, who presently serve among native and non-native peoples in the Bulkley Valley area. We are supported in prayer and finance by
individuals, organisations and churches. We present the needs but do not
directly solicit funds from anyone.

Streetcorners Ministries has a governing board of 8 men
from 6 local denominations. It is a registered non-profit society in British
Columbia Canada, and is also registered with Canada Revenue
Agency as a Charitable Organisation in Canada.

Practical Work We Do

Practically we fulfill our objectives in the following
ways: We hold Bible studies, Kid's Clubs, prayer meetings and
evangelistic meetings. We preach the Christian Gospel in various
places, including churches, speaking to those around us each day and we
distribute literature to let people hear the reality of knowing Jesus Christ
in a personal way. We also help people in other practical ways, such
as mowing lawns, cutting firewood, visiting the sick and elderly, helping
with groceries, distributing used clothes, carpentry, fixing cars and
meeting the needs of those around us as the needs are identified and as we
are able.

If possible we introduce people to the local churches so
they can become a regular part of the church community. In this way
the church can also help them to be strengthened in their faith. We
endeavour to work alongside the existing churches in our area of service.
Streetcorners Ministries is a member of the Smithers Ministerial
Association.

We know there are many people around us who have
spiritual and physical needs, we reach out mainly to those whom other
organisations have not reached out to, which often entails travel to remote
areas.

We are committed to a relationship centered ministry that
seeks to build disciples, not simply make converts. We emphasize the
importance of placing Jesus Christ, his Word and his love in the highest
place in our lives. We believe that this foundation leads a person to a
healthy, holy relationship with God himself; transforms his immediate
relationships within his family; and then overflows to the community. We
seek to be involved with ministries that emphasize this type of Spiritual
growth in believers

Our paper,
“The Streetcorner.” is an
evangelistic publication featuring the testimony of a local person, teaching
on Scriptural principles, and a gospel challenge. We are very excited about
the silent witness of such a tool as it circulates around the Bulkley Valley
area and beyond.

The Future.

As we look down the road we believe that God is giving us
a vision for future ministries. He is challenging us in the area of prayer.
Scripture says that we ought to “Pray without ceasing,” (2 Thess.
5:17) and “Devote yourselves to prayer” (Col. 4:2). We believe that
God will lead us to pray, and will answer our prayers in regards to reaching
the lost in the Bulkley Valley area.

Also we sense that God is leading us towards having an
outreach center in the future, to help those who need a place of rest and to
help them to integrate the Christian life with everyday living. We
would help those, who do not at this time feel they have a place in society,
to acquire life skills and thus to help enable them to reintroduce
themselves into society as productive members of society. In other words
this would be a fixed-base ministry of focused discipleship, spiritual
training, mentoring, life-skill development, and crisis refuge. We are
seeking the Lord regarding appropriate facilities where this could occur. We
have built a cabin, where people who need it can come to focus
on the issues that God is dealing with them in their lives. We believe that
a ministry such as this would best develop as a cooperative effort of the
larger Body of Christ in the Bulkley Valley.

Thank you for your interest in this ministry. We covet
your prayers as we seek to be faithful to God’s calling in our lives, and to
encourage others in their walk with the Lord. May God lead and direct you in
deeper faith towards him and in worship as you daily surrender to him.

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would like to know more about Streetcorners Ministries please contact us
through the mail at Streetcorners Ministries P.O. Box 771,
Telkwa BC, Canada V0J 2X0 or e mail us at
thestreetcorner@hotmail.com